Wang Keqin

3 results arranged by date

Veteran investigative journalist Wang Keqin left his job at a prominent Chinese newspaper on February 25, 2013. An Agence France-Presse report citing two journalists who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal said that Wang was pressured into leaving by management at the Economic Observer.

Tags:

Veteran investigative journalist Wang
Keqin has always been positive about his chosen career, characterizing media
restrictions in China as a cycle with ups and downs. In an interview for CPJ's October
2010 special report "In China, a debate on press
rights,"
he told CPJ that
"there was a big fall-off in reporting freedom in 2008 and 2009" because of the
Olympics and the 60th anniversary of Communist Party
rule. But he and many of his colleagues in China anticipated a corresponding
loosening of restrictions to follow, pushing the industry toward greater
freedom and professionalism over time.

Tags:

New York, July 19,
2011--Reports that the Beijing-based China
Economic Times has closed its investigative news unit are a concerning sign
that pressure is mounting on hard-hitting media outlets in China, the Committee
to Protect Journalists said today.